Recent content by jakedasnake

After all fermentaion has been completed on my rose wine and waited and racked it after a couple weeks i added about 25-30ppm per gallon of wine to protect the wine, the instant i aded the k-meta to the wine it released gas and seemed to change to a more brown color. I think i made a serious...

There is a packet that says kristalblok in my chardonnay kit, and thats all it says along with read instructions on the packet. But in the instructions it doesnt say anything about it and was wondering what it is along with when and if i need to add the packet. thanks

The juice was some that i received from the winery that i work at and it was given to me from someone that needed to take juice out of there fermenting bin. Yes i used Go-ferm nutrient and i cant remember the exact yeast i added it was for a red, im at work so i will have to look when i get...

So i have had my Rose wine fermenting for just about over 2 weeks now and the SG hasnt seemed to change much and seems to be at 1.020 for the last 2 days, there is still bubbles coming up and the airlock is still bubbling, is this ok or do i have a so called stuck fermentation or something else...

hi thanks everyone for the advice i will start cleaning my bottles as soon as possible and hope i get everything nice and clean.

So i am getting ready to help bottle one of my buddies first wine kits and in a few weeks my first one, we are both planning to re-use some bottles we have got from a local winery, people have told me that cleaning them is very important and sanitizing them very good. Any suggestion on what to...

I want my rose wine to clear up it is almost done fermenting and someone told me that adding bentonite to the wine will basically turn it to a white wine, any advice or someone that can tell me what I can do. Thanks

Yes, i have access to all the above for chemicals and grapes and i can actually get free juice as well that some of the wine makers decide to get rid of, sounds lame but i am still very new to wine making and just want to learn more and try a kit first because it come with all the necessary...

What about withe the corkers, do you think it would be worth it to get the italian floor corker rather than the portuguese double lever corker, or would that one do just fine for me being a beginner. And i am looking to make some good quality wine and want all the right equipment.

I am 100% new to home wine making, i have been working in a winery for a while now but would really like to try and get into making my own wine at home. I dont have any of the equipment, i have been looking around and reading quite a bit. I am looking at the equipment kit form the wine makers...